Kong Gateway

Add your Service and Route on Kong

After installing and starting Kong, use the Admin API on port 8001 to add a new Service and Route. In this example, Kong will reverse proxy every incoming request with the specified incoming host to the associated upstream URL. You can implement very complex routing mechanisms beyond simple host matching.

$ curl -i -X POST \
        --url http://localhost:8001/services/ \
        --data 'name=example-service' \
        --data 'url=http://example.com'
      $ curl -i -X POST \
        --url http://localhost:8001/services/example-service/routes \
        --data 'hosts[]=example.com' \

Add Plugins on the Service

Then add extra functionality by using Kong Plugins. You can also create your own plugins!

$ curl -i -X POST \
--url http://localhost:8001/services/example-service/plugins/ \
--data 'name=rate-limiting' \
--data 'config.minute=100'

Make a Request

...and then you can consume the Service on port 8000 by requesting the specified host. In production setup the public host DNS to point to your Kong cluster. Kong supports much more functionality, explore the Hub and the documentation.

$ curl -i -X GET \
  --url http://localhost:8000/ \
  --header 'Host: example.com'